In early February Taryn came for a weekend visit, bringing her standard poodle Mazzi with her. Having nothing in particular on the agenda, we filled our days with walks in the snow and delicious food (of course). Snowfall levels were very high with snow continuing to fall, so we had some pretty interesting excursions around the property.
Our first walk was down the street to the neighbors for some farm eggs. With fresh snow all over the roads, virtually no cars, and Mazzi along, the walk turned into a game of kickball/fetch in the road. We did stop occasionally to look at some of the local 'wildlife'.
We also used this opportunity to take our first walk through our woods in quite some time and were very surprised at the snow conditions. Some of the more exposed trees had up to 5' tree wells surrounding them! Inside the stands the snow had accumulated in a series of connected tree wells, forming "snow dunes". Walking through snow is tiring, but continually walking over 2' to 3' snow mounds really added to the workout. Thank goodness we had enough snowshoes for all 3 of us. (Mazzi had to get by wearing doggie booties to keep her feet dry.) In the clear areas the height of the snowpack we walked on changed our perspective so much that it was sometimes difficult to recognize where on our property we were. We even walked directly over the top of some of our fences.
The photos don't quite capture the full effect; I did my best to adjust the exposure to compensate for the bright snow.
So, what did Max think of the visiting dog? Surprisingly, he actually ventured partway down the stairs while Mazzi was still here.
But alas, the weekend was over all too soon.
- Mike (& Corinne)
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